The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17

Florence Powers, Elmer Dean, Mrs
Emma Huntington and Mrs. Ruth Dickey
attended the Unversalist grove meet
ing at Burlington last week. 60 O.
o. Calef, with friends from Boston, Ira and
Lucy Calef and Hon. and Mrs. II. A. White
spent day at Willamstown Springs last
week. - John Calef has decided to re-
build his house and buildings that were de-
stroyed by lightning two weeks ago. 80
Della Barron will teach the same school in
Gaysville this fall that she taught last sum
mer. - Our respected townsman, d. S.
Bowles, Esq. is quite seriously i'll. -
Mrs. John Stokes, who has been spending
the summer with her mother, Mrs. George
WATSON, returns to her home in GAINESVILLE
Wis, this week.
Williamstown.
Miss ANNA NJ. BENEDICT, so well and
favorably known here, will open fall term
of school in our village August 31st. 1t will
be a favor if all purposing to attend will
notify Miss Benedict as soon as possible.
80 Miss Ella Martin is to teach again
the coming fall in the William G.. Putnam
district, where she has won good name as
a teacher. - DR.. Elliot b. Watson's
services seem to be in good demand here
abouts He goes to his work like one
" to the manner born" g. Frank Mar
tin, son of the late Kmball =. Martin, has
just finished more than n year of service in
the store of Perry & Camp, Barre. He has
lnaue EOOu record LOT himself tnere, as we
expect he will wherever he goes, or what
ever he undertakes, in the future. 80 Our
former towns-folk, Mr. and Mrs Rice Daven-
port, are coming back from st. Johnsbury,
where they have lived for some years past,
to reside here. 1t is expected that house
will soon be built for them near that of
Enos f. Walker. -" Will Davenport
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rice Davenport, is com
PEELED by ill health to give up work in the
Fairbanks scale shops, st. Johnsbury,
where he has been for some years past. He
may 90 on to the road in the employ of this
or another scale manufacturing company.
- Horace Farnham, one of our good
school-teachers, is to have the fall term in
the II. ID. Abbott district. -W We hear
that 4" Bert Bailey is having good success
at canvassing for fruit-trees in the state.
- Charles M. Seaver, only son of j. NJ.
Seaver, is to return at once from Boston to
work again in the store of j. X. Lynde.
60 A. ID. Kimball, once a teacher in our
| village, was in town last week. Since he
| taught here, a few years ago, he has married,
been West, and, more recently, bought a
! farm in Cabot He continues his work of
teaching more or less. - Miss Fanny f.
Waldo and her only brother, Henry, are to
attend the fall term of the Vermont Metho-
dist Seminary in Montpelier. - Miss
| Fannie Poor, sister of Darius Poor, is TAX
ing her usual vacation here in town. For
the past twenty years she has been doing
hospital work, and at present is employed
in Northampton, Mass. - Mrs. Calvin
Maynard of Massachusetts is, with her
two sons, visiting her mother, Mrs
Helen Stickney. - By mistake the
WATcHMAN last week made the granite
firm of Smith & Hopkins, which we had
occasion to mention, as in South Barre
On the contrary, they are to be found il
Barre, and in the swim y with so many
other granite firms. - Mrs. Charles Tar
bell, Mrs. George Clarke and Principa
| .a1 u lax- ft,pN
days with friends in and near Derby -
G. w. Sibley of Winooski was in tow
on business last week. - Gilbert o
Smith last week attended a reunion of hi
fathers family in Roxbury, on the place
vacated by the family more than thirt,
years ago. Some fifteen members of til,
family and descendants were present and
pleasant picnic was had. - Don " A
Earle is at work for j. II. Batchelder & Co
of Barre in setting an engine boiler in thei
polishing works. - Miss Annie Martii
is about to 90 to Minneapolis, Mimi, will
the family of her uncle, Judge Austin Young
She has previously spent some time there
- Warner f. Colby has bought out thu
furniture business of ID. e. Blair, Barre
and with silent partner will soon ente
business there. - Mrs. John Farnham
who has had so much ill-health in late years
is again quite poorly. - John Miller o
Boston is taking few weeks vacation witt
his parents, Rev. and Mrs r. ID. Miller
- Mr.. A. l.. Parsons will begin hi
evangelistic work here on the first Sunda.
in September. The meetings will begin a
the Congregational church, and likely b
continued there. But it is desired that the
may be in the truest sense union meet
ings." The earnest cooperation of othe
denominations is needed and desired, AM
so a cordial invitation is extended to ever
; one who will to aid in the work. - Nj
! and Mrs. Bert " Demeritt were in tow
last week. Mrs. Demertt is at her oil
home in Waterbury, while Mr.. Dement,
travels in the interest of Worcester, Mass
boot and shoe firm. - An eX-Willams
townian travelling recently through Illinoi
writes he never before saw such pictur
of desolation as was presented in some c
the counties of Illinois in consequence {
the drouth. In some portions of Iowa h